wrote: (clip) you would have to hold the auger
turning in the headstock and feed the lamp with the tail stock ram, backup,
feed the auger, clamp and go, and backup, and etc.,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Thanks--I see now. I was hung up on the thought that the auger might not
fit through the headstock spindle. I remember now that threaded lamp pipe
is often used for vacuum chucking, so, obviously, the auger should go
through if it is not too much over size.